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CANTOR: DON’T DISCOURAGE POTENTIAL IMMIGRANTS — The House Majority Leader is set to deliver what his office is billing as a “major policy speech” at the American Enterprise Institute today, and he’ll address immigration and innovation, according to advance excerpts. Expect Cantor, who was a vocal proponent of the STEM bill that moved through the House in November, to go big picture and stress that the U.S. needs to keep attracting foreigners who want to come to the “world’s capital of innovation.” “Scientific breakthroughs are the result of — and have helped contribute to — America being the world’s capital of innovation and opportunity in nearly every field,” he’ll say. “For this and many other reasons, people across the globe want to become a part of our country. We must never diminish that desire, or worse, become a place that is no longer desirable.” Jake Sherman and Jonathan Allen have more on Cantor 4.0: http://politi.co/VGcQV2

GOODLATTE TO KICK OFF CONGRESS’S FIRST IMMIGRATION HEARING — Rep. Bob Goodlatte, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, will open up the committee’s immigration hearing this morning, followed by comments by Rep. John Conyers and Rep. Trey Gowdy, chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. The hearing will address high-skilled immigration as well as immigration enforcement issues, and Michelle Quinn has more on what the tech-oriented witnesses have to say: http://politico.pro/14NqabA. But don’t expect House lawmakers to spout off their stances on the immigration package floated by Senators last week: Instead, Tuesday’s meeting will be the first of members to learn about immigration policy and then develop their opinions — because “most members of Congress don’t know a lot about immigration law,” Goodlatte told Kate Nocera, who has a deeper dive on today’s hearing: http://politi.co/VFXmjX

LAWMAKERS REITERATE CFAA PROMISE, BUT OFFER FEW DETAILS — Mourners of Aaron Swartz packed into a Cannon caucus room Monday night and listened to lawmakers reinforce their promise to reform CFAA. Legislators spoke of bipartisan efforts, demanded change and berated a criminal justice system in overdrive — but they shied away from the concrete. Rep. Darrell Issa indicated to reporters that he wasn’t quite ready to sign onto Rep. Zoe Lofgren’s bill, and Rep. Jared Polis, who also spoke at the tribute, said he “didn’t know” the likelihood of CFAA reform passing. “What many, myself included, would advocate is a more comprehensive overhaul of copyright intellectual property protections,” he said. “I support and will support small changes, but at the same time I think it’s time to take a step back and create a strong intellectual property protection system that will endure for the next 100 years."

GOOD TUESDAY MORNING and welcome to MT, where we sent a handful of the 24.1 million tweets during the Super Bowl — but you already knew that because you follow us at @byersalex and @POLITICOPro, right? If you can’t fit your tips and comments in 140 characters, though, feel free to send them along to abyers@politico.com instead. And catch the rest of the team’s contact info after Speed Read.

ESHOO’S EYE ON DEVELOPING COUNTRIES — The House’s hearing on global internet freedom kicks off at 10:30 this morning, and as the trio of subcommittees considers what they see as a growing threat of international Internet regulation, Rep. Anna Eshoo will be focused on winning over countries who have little Web infrastructure. “Going forward, we must have a strategy for engaging developing countries,” she’ll say in an opening statement that was shared with MT. “The U.S. shares many of the same goals, including expanding broadband deployment and adoption, ensuring the security of communications networks and protecting intellectual property. Each of these goals can be addressed through the existing multistakeholder model for Internet governance.”

--HANDS OFF, BUT NOT TOO HANDS OFF: Software and Information Industry Association President Ken Wasch is writing the subcommittee chairs over concerns that the bill being considered this morning suggests that the Internet should be a “government-free zone.” But it’s specifically regulation from unelected bodies like the International Telecommunications Union that needs to be avoided, Wasch says — whereas territorial governments have their own role to play. “There is an appropriate and context-dependent role for government and regulation of the Internet,” he writes. “Where regulation is appropriate, government should use a light touch to avoid interfering with innovation or creating undue burdens or unintended consequences.”

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FCC TAKES UP SANDY SITUATION — Commissioners are headed north Tuesday to dig into the causes of the telecom outages that occurred in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Brooks Boliek reports: “The panels, in Manhattan and Hoboken, are designed to get input from those most affected by the storm along coastal New York and New Jersey. Aides described each hearing as a ‘listening session,’ and the witness list reflects the broad nature of the inquiry, including emergency management personnel, government officials and executives in telephone, cable and broadcast.” We’re tracking: http://politico.pro/14OFGE5

DMA TOUTS FACEBOOK MOVE TO AD CHOICES — Monday’s revelation that Facebook is planning to implement the Ad Choices icon on its Facebook Exchange ads has the Direct Marketing Association, one of the Ad Choices program’s overseers, excited that more Internet users will be familiar with the symbol. “The greater the adoption of the Ad Choices icon, the better the program. Our goal is to have the icon universally accepted, both here and abroad,” DMA Senior Vice President for Government Affairs Jerry Cerasale tells MT. “As more and more consumers see the icon, the greater their understanding of it, the DAA program and their choices. That understanding helps boost trust in e-commerce.” As for concerns that Facebook’s implementation — which reportedly only displays the icon when a user hovers near an ad — won’t be prominent enough? Cerasale says no: “This is an implementation that others have used and it appears to have worked well informing consumers.”

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION LOOKING AT THE CLOUD — The regulatory agency has filed a sources sought notice to determine what kind of cloud services might be available and suitable to its needs. The NRC hasn’t filed a request for proposals yet — it’s just considering the utilizing the tech to help cut down on data centers. “We’re exploring different types of cloud service to improve information technology service delivery, introduce new capabilities for our staff, support continuity of operations goals and, of course, reduce our costs,” a spokesman tells MT. “We’ve not made any decisions, but we know in general the cloud is something we will utilize over time.”

MEDIA WATCH: TPM’S FRANZEN HEADS TO THE VERGE — Fresh off reports that the tech blog had acquired former CNET-er Greg Sandoval (who left the publication last month over its CES tiff with CBS), The Verge is adding another new name to its roster: Talking Points Memo’s Carl Franzen. Franzen helped grow the tech coverage in TPM’s IdeaLab, and says he plans “to help add to [The Verge’s] growing library of excellent short and long form stories.” He starts next week.

LOBBYING BYTES: ERICSSON, CLEARTALK INK NEW REPS -- Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson has hired the Alpine Group to represent its interests on spectrum auction, cybersecurity, and trade issues, according to a filing made late last month. Wireless company ClearTalk has signed on Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth to lobby over Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturers and the FCC’s Lifeline program.

DATA TRANSPARENCY COALITION WANTS DATA ACT TO COME BACK – The group is renewing its call for legislation that would standardize how federal spending gets reported. The push is timed to the Sunlight Foundation’s Clearspending report out Monday, which found that nearly 70 percent of all federal grant spending information published during FY11 was inconsistent with other data sources. “We have the necessary technology to create an open government where every citizen can access and analyze federal spending information, but we need to pass the DATA Act to make it happen,” DTC Executive Director Hudson Hollister says in a call for the bill, originally introduced in 2011 by Rep. Darrell Issa and Sen. Mark Warner.

HOW TO SAVE THE GOVERNMENT $1 TRILLION -- New technology and best practices could reduce operating costs by as much as a cool trillion over the next decade, senior fellow at the IBM Center for The Business of Government John Kamensky will tell House oversight committee lawmakers this afternoon. “During my testimony, I will share many of these strategies, including applying advanced analytics to reduce improper payments, consolidating IT infrastructure and streamlining supply chains,” he tells MT. The hearing is set for 1 p.m.

ALSO ON TODAY’S DOCKET: SAFER INTERNET DAY — FOSI’s Stephen Balkam and Google public policy man Pablo Chavez are gracing the stage at a D.C. event this morning as part of the 10th annual Safer Internet Day. Also appearing at the 11 a.m. event at the National Press Club are the Department of Education’s Karen Cator, the National Cyber Security Alliance’s Michael Kaiser, the National PTA’s Eric Hargis and GOAL’s Deb Berlyn.

SPEED READ

FACEBOOK TO CREATE MOBILE LOCATION-TRACKER: The social network could release the app, which would track locations even if it were running in the background, by mid-March, Bloomberg reports: http://bloom.bg/YQmlC6

TRADE GROUP WANTS ACTION ON CHINA CYBERTHREATS — The U.S.-China Business Council wants the two countries to work together to address the problem, Reuters reports: http://reut.rs/YQmuFG

DELL NEARS DEAL TO GO PRIVATE: The $23 billion move would be the largest deal since the financial crisis, The Wall Street Journal reports: http://on.wsj.com/YQmFkh

CAN TWITTER REPLACE THE SUPER BOWL AD? Some of the biggest ad moments may have been free — on the ad industry’s priciest night, The Washington Post reports: http://wapo.st/YQmXaT

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